Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (m–r)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Look at the picture and say its name slowly: m… monkey. The first sound tells you the missing letter. q is almost always followed by u: queen, question.
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- 1.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) rain (c) pen
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) net (b) red (c) queen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) rainbow
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) popcorn (b) road (c) mouse
- 5.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) red
- 6.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) road (b) mango (c) pan
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rocket (b) potato (c) ox
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) question (c) nail
- 10.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 12.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 13.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 14.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) road (c) mango
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) run (c) milk
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) pear (c) robot
- 18.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) net (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rain (c) pan
- 20.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) run (b) popcorn (c) paint
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) ox (c) nose
- 22.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 23.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) nose (c) pizza
- 25.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 26.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) run (c) olive
- 28.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) peach (b) pig (c) milk
- 29.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) queen (b) map (c) pin
- 30.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) nest (c) panda
- 31.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pizza (b) rabbit (c) needle
- 32.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pan (b) queen (c) rice
- 33.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) mango
- 34.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 35.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pen (b) nose (c) ox
- 36.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) peach (b) needle (c) road
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) nest (c) milk
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) needle (c) milk
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) pizza
- 40.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nose (b) rat (c) peach
Answer key
- pen
- queen
- octopus
- mouse
- ox
- pan
- q
- ox
- question
- o
- q
- p
- m
- p
- road
- run
- robot
- rainbow
- rain
- run
- rainbow
- p
- n
- moon
- o
- m
- olive
- milk
- pin
- queen
- rabbit
- pan
- mango
- r
- ox
- peach
- milk
- pear
- monkey
- nose
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